Irish Farmers Journal podcasts

On this week’s show we chat to world leading agricultural economist Dr Scott Irwin. Scott is the chair of agricultural marketing at the University of Illinois. He grew up on a farm in Iowa and still manages the grain marketing end of the business.He recently wrote a book, Back to the Futures: Crashing dirt bikes, chasing cows and unravelling the mystery of commodity Futures Markets. The book helps to explain grain marketing and futures markets through stories from Scott’s life and childhood.In the podcast he covers everything from sprint car racing to onion markets and speculators to grain elevators and crop insurance. Scott has some top tips for Irish farmers on grain trading and he even has some exclusive news for us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Our sheep and schemes editor Darren Carty will talk about the ACRES bottleneck which poses a risk to both places and payments for farmers. Beef and suckler editor Adam Woods will be on talking about the farmer fury over changes to ICBF evaluations and news correspondent Noel Bardon will bring us up to date on the latest proposals around calf transport rules. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We have an update on fieldwork and take a look at the news from the three-crop rule to the Teagasc Outlook report. We also take a look at the decline in tillage area over the past 15 years which is on the tillage pages of this week’s paper. As always, there is a quick grain market report and weather forecast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this weeks podcast, Shanon Kinahan caught up with Jake Finnegan, a young farmer, show man and entrepreneur who is one of the familiar faces behind the company, Elite Pedigree Genetics (EPG).Jake talks all things business and farming and gives us an insight into the industry as well as some interesting opinions on topical conversations and talks about the different roles that helped him to get to where he is today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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There is a lot of news to cover on this week’s podcast and a lot of it is good news. Drier weather has seen fieldwork ramp up in some places. We run through the Teagasc harvest report, have the fertiliser sales figures for 2023, talk about the renewal of glyphosate and a vote against pesticide reductions in the EU. There’s also a possibility of an increased tillage payment and an update on the Food Vision Tillage report. As always, we have the grain market and weather reports. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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On this week's tillage podcast we talk about the reduction in winter cereal area, the announcement of payments for unharvested crops and straw shortages.We report from the Teagasc grass weeds conference where we chatted to Kilkenny Farmer Eoin Lyons about how he brought a brome problem under control in a direct drill system, hear from Sarah Cook of ADAS on reducing blackgrass populations and to Tom Chillcott of Bayer on herbicide resistance and active ingredients in the market. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Our news team discusses the 6-month delay which is on the cards for the cut to the derogation, what went on behind closed doors in the Barne Estate sale in Co Tipperary, the latest BSE case identified during the week and it’s affects, weather, fodder shortages and lastly the IFA presidential election. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s show we have details of a likely seed shortage for spring cereals on this week’s show and talk to Irish Seed Trade Association’s president Tim O’Donovan. Vijaya Bhaskar joins us with an update on grass weed populations and herbicide resistance. We have all the latest from this week’s paper from the potato harvest to tillage aid and the grain market and weather reports. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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On this week’s podcast a world-famous agricultural economist joins us. Dan Basse of AgResource Company in Chicago spoke to the Irish Farmers Journal at the Barnett Hall Conference. We also caught up with Rachel Connor of Barnett Hall to talk about carbon footprints of grain and animal feed.We talk fieldwork, hear about compensation for unharvested crops, have results from a survey on pesticides, look back on the season of From the Tramlines and as always have the grain market and weather reports. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Our news team discusses the GPS tracker clamp down on bogus slurry exports. Nitrates, the suckler carbon efficiency programme, dairy’s economic value, potatoes, horticulture growers, cross compliance inspections and our Women and Agriculture conference are all also on the agenda. Listen in for the latest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s show we talk to farmers in Co Cork whose crops were not harvested this year as rainfall made it impossible to complete the massive spring cereal harvest, as winter cereal area declined.We also share all the latest tillage news. Report from the Irish Drinks Open Forum and have grain trend and weather reports.Ep 895: The Tillage Podcast - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Barry Murphy and Rachel Donovan interview The 2 Johnnies on being a rural voice in RTÉ, their new TV show ‘Late Night Lock In’, farming, calving cows and lots more. “I’m staring right into this cow’s arse and I hadn’t a clue what’s going on,” one says. A listen not to be missed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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This week’s podcasts includes a planting update, this week’s tillage survey results, a chat with Liam Leahy from Dairygold and the grain market and weather reports. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our news team discusses the shakeup to the ICBF beef bull rankings which will see a huge benefit for the Angus breed. ANC payments, a still-on-the-table dairy cull scheme, milk prices, the IFA hustings, TB and sheds fires are all also on the agenda. Listen in for the latest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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This week, Adam Woods chats about why farmers are producing lighter cattle, Darren Carty on the budget and Aidan Brennan on the latest in nitrates. Adam also chats to Claire Aspel from Grassland AGRO on all grazing matters Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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On this week’s show we talk fieldwork, Tirlán grain prices and Budget 2024. Ned Keogh from DLF joins us to talk about maize and beet varieties. He provides an update on the maize harvest and a new trial with French runner beans.Political correspondent Pat O’Toole joins us to talk about the budget and the tillage crisis meeting held by Wexford IFA on Monday night.As always, we look at the top stories online and in this week’s paper and have the grain market and weather reports. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For this week's Young Stock Podcast, careers and education journalist Sarah McIntosh talks to Catherine Smith and William Delaney from Certified Irish Angus. William Delaney is the coordinator responsible for the Certified Irish Angus Schools Competition. He speaks about the hands-on educational programme that is encouraging students across Ireland to learn about where their food comes from. William also talks about his own career pathway and offers advice for anyone considering a master's degree. As a Technical Team Manager at Certified Irish Angus, Catherine Smith speaks about growing up surrounded by pedigree Herefords. She discusses her career pathway to date and the importance of encouraging the next generation to tackle challenges in the sector. We couldn’t let Catherine and William go without doing the quick-fire round. As always, we would love to hear from you, to get in touch with your opinions and feedback on the podcast you can email [email protected] or leave a WhatsApp voice note at 0868366465. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Our news team discusses the sizzling cattle trade at marts and looks at a quality assurance extension for the SCEP suckler scheme. Climate payments for farmers, the IFA hustings, slurry spreading extensions, new derogation maps, a new national park and forestry will all also be on the agenda. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s show we chat to a farmer with crops still to cut, run through the Dairygold grain prices, talk about the new tillage payment from the Department of Agriculture and go through some of the farm organisation’s reactions. We also look at field work progress, grain markets and have the weather report. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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This week, Adam Woods explains the €400 price gap between British and Irish beef, Darren Carty tells us what to look out for in the upcoming budget and Aidan Brennan discusses the ongoing nitrates fallout. We’re also joined by Siobhan Walsh who offers a feed and straw round up. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our news team discusses the impact of the €400 gap between Irish and British beef prices. A Dutch calf import ban, Algerian cattle export prospects, fertiliser prices, a mart death, changes at Tirlán, nature restoration and cull cow prices are all also on agenda. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s podcast we chat carbon footprints, Irish grain, grain prices and the future of tillage with John Kealy, head of grains at Tirlán, and Pat Ryan, managing director of Liffey Mills. We have details on the IFA calling for exceptional aid.There's an update on harvest, winter planting, we detail the first harvest price which came from Boortmalt and have the grain market report and the weather forecast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s show Rachel O’Donovan and Sarah McIntosh were out and about at the National Ploughing Championships chatting to attendees about everything from college courses to finding love at the ploughing. We chat to Noel Bardon, Stephen Robb and Amy Forde who all take part in our special "Ploughing" quick-fire round. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From the Irish Farmers Journal stand at Ploughing 2023, we discuss everything from catch crops to solar panels and nitrates to dairy beef with an extended panel of guests Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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On this week's show we have the results of the Irish Farmers Journal land rental survey. We play you the tillage panel which took place on Tuesday. Robbie Byrne of Precision Nutrition and Conor Kehoe, tillage reporter at the Irish Farmers Journal joined us.We finish off with the grain market and weather reports. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our team was on the ground for the day two of Ploughing 2023, talking to farmers and politicians about organics, vet student places, the weather and much more. We hear from young farmers, female farmers and the winners of the Irish Angus schools competition. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Our team was on the ground for the first day of the Ploughing 2023, talking to farmers and politicians about the nitrates cut, bad weather and beef prices.We hear from some of the first farmers through the gates, Minister Charlie McConalogue, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald, chef Neven Maguire and many more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shanon Kinahan caught up with young dairy farmer Conor Murphy from Co Carlow on this weeks podcast. On this weeks Young Stock Podcast, Shanon Kinahan spoke to Conor Murphy from Tullow, Co Carlow about his family’s switch from sucklers to dairy, life as a young dairy farmer in rural Ireland, owning his own Ardclay Pedigree Shorthorn herd and making the move to New Zealand. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.